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The regulation makes it mandatory for ships entering areas covered by ship reporting systems
to report in to the coastal authorities giving details of sailing plans.
In Chapter II-2 improvements were made to regulation 15, which deals with fire protection
arrangements for fuel oil, lubrication oil and other flammable oils.
Amendments to the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying
Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code) and the Code for the Construction and Equipment of
Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases (Gas Carrier Code) relate to the filling limits for cargo tanks.
The December 1994 amendments
Adoption: 9 December 1994
Entry into force: 1 July 1996
In Chapter VI (Carriage of Cargoes), the Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and
Securing is made mandatory. The Code was adopted as a recommendation in 1991. The
amendments make it mandatory to provide the cargo information required by the Code and
for cargo units, including containers, to be loaded, stowed and secured in accordance with a
manual that must be at least equivalent to the Code.
The Code is also made mandatory under Chapter VII (Carriage of dangerous goods).
The May 1995 amendments
Adoption: 16 May 1995
Entry into force: 1 January 1997
Regulation 8 of Chapter V was amended to make ships' routeing systems compulsory.
Governments are responsible for submitting proposals for ships' routeing systems to IMO in
accordance with amendments to the General Provisions on Ships' Routeing, which were
adopted at the same time.
The November 1995 amendments (Conference)
Adopted: 29 November 1995
Entry into force: 1 July 1997
The conference adopted a series of amendments to SOLAS, based on proposals put forward
by the Panel of Experts on the safety of roll on-roll off passenger ships which was established
in December 1994 following the sinking of the ferry Estonia.
The most important changes relate to the stability of ro-ro passenger ships in Chapter II-1.
The SOLAS 90 damage stability standard, which had applied to all ro-ro passenger ships
built since 1990, was extended to existing ships in accordance with an agreed phase-in
programme. Ships that only meet 85% of the standard had to comply fully by 1 October 1998
and those meeting 97.5% or above, by 1 October 2005. (The SOLAS 90 standard refers to the